Fairchild (name) explained

Fairchild
Variant:	Fairbairn

Fairchild is a common surname derived from the Old English words for fair or beautiful and the word child.^[1] Originally a given name, early records of its use as a surname are found in Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.^[1]

List of persons with the surname

• Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670), son of William Fairchild (b.1577 in Essex England)

A

• Alexa Fairchild (born 1994), Belgian equestrian athlete
• Amy Fairchild, American historian

B

• Barbara Fairchild, American country and gospel singer/songwriter
• Benjamin L. Fairchild (1863–1946), New York State Republican congressman

C

• Cassius Fairchild (1829–1868), Wisconsin Democratic Party Leader and Union Army colonel, U.S. Civil War
• Charles S. Fairchild (1842–1924), New York State Attorney General, 38th United States Secretary of Treasury

D

• David Fairchild (1869–1954), industrial botanist, plant explorer, son-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell
• David Fairchild (California politician) (1791–1866)
• Dylan Fairchild (born 2003), American football player

E

• Edward Henry Fairchild (1815–1889), abolishionist educator, first President of Berea College
• Edward T. Fairchild (Wisconsin associate justice) (1872–1965), jurist, Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Edward Thomson Fairchild (1854–1917), New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (U. of New Hampshire) president
• Edwin C. Fairchild (1874–1955), British socialist activist

F

• Frank Wesbrook (1868–1918), first University of British Columbia president
• Fred Rogers Fairchild (1877–1966), American educator and economist

G

• George Thompson Fairchild (1838–1901), college educator, president of Michigan State University and Kansas State University
• George Winthrop Fairchild (1854–1924), American politician, and co-founder of IBM
• Graham Fairchild (1906–1994), entomologist, grandson of Alexander Graham Bell

H

• Henry Pratt Fairchild (1880–1956), American sociologist, co-founder of Planned Parenthood
• Herman LeRoy Fairchild (1850–1943), American geologist and college educator, early proponent of theorizing meteorite impact
• Hiram Orlando Fairchild (1845–1925), speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

J

• James Fairchild (1817–1902), president of Oberlin College
• Jim Fairchild American singer/songwriter guitarist, Band member of Modest Mouse
• Jairus C. Fairchild (1801–1862), first Wisconsin State Treasurer, and first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• John Fairchild, American basketball player

K

• Karen Fairchild, singer in American Country band, Little Big Town
• Kelly Fairchild, American ice hockey player

L

• LeRoy Fairchild, founded the Masonic order, the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in 1889
• Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Civil War Brigadier General, three-term Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Minister to Spain, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
• Lydia Fairchild, one of only 30 known worldwide cases of chimerism

M

• Megan Fairchild, American ballet dancer
• Morgan Fairchild, American actress
• Muir S. Fairchild (1894–1950), Four-star General, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

R

• Robert Fairchild, American ballet dancer

S

• Sherman Fairchild (1896–1971), industrialist inventor, founder of Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild-Strato, Fairchild-Hiller, Fairchild Recording, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument
• Stuart Fairchild (born 1996), American baseball player

T

• Thomas E. Fairchild (1912–2007), Wisconsin Attorney General, appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court and U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Characters

• Miss Fairchild : From 'Hearts and Hands' by O. Henry
• Caitlin Fairchild : From Prime Earth, DC Comics
• Nikki Fairchild : From the Stark trilogy by J Kenner
• Fairchild family : From Shadowhunters (Netflix show)
• Simon Fairchild : From the Magnus Archives

References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Index of Surnames.